Finding "the best" hernia repair surgeon

[dpmd]

I guess it would depend on what I needed the whipple for. AdenoCA? See ya, headed to Margaritaville. Low-grade neuroendocrine tumor? Probably would sign up.

adenoCA was what I had in mind

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[Winged Scapula]

adenoCA was what I had in mind

Totally agree.

One of my friends, a plastic surgeon, was seen rounding on patients two days before his scheduled Whipple after mostly nonresponsive neoadjuvant chemo therapy. All of us were like, "**** no we would be laying on a beach somewhere".

 

[wholeheartedly]

worked in the blood bank during several hemipelvectomy sacrectomy surgeries.

yeah, hell no. buh-bye.

 

[DoctwoB]

adenoCA was what I had in mind

I've always thought that in cases like this you should be able to make a deal with your insurance company. I imagine it would be something like "Between the whipple, chemo, hospitalizations, and end of life ICU stay you're going to spend a million bucks. Or you can give me 400k cash, and you'll never see me again because I'll be on a beach in Tahiti until I drop"

 

[mimelim]

Herpa derp blast from the past, didn't realize that this got bumped. I sometimes cringe when I read my older posts, thankfully this one wasn't that bad, but a good reminder that I've learned a little bit about surgery over the last 4 years